AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3147 points
9336 points
196% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4989 points
12806 points
156% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2595 points
8189 points
215% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2494 points
7901 points
216% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.47 points
221.91 points
244% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.80 GHz
3.3 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
22 MiB
1000% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

4 MiB
20 MiB
400% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

518th of 1,089
103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

LPDDR5
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 7520U vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7520U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core Ultra 5 225 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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